Paul berniiard wermann and johann iieinrich christian friedrich



(No Model.)

P. B. WERMANN 85 J. H. C. F. WEBER. MUSTAGHB GUARD.

No. 555,140. Patented Peb. 25, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

PAU. BERNHARD wERMANN ITND JOHANN HEINRICH CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH wEBER, orHAMBURG, GERMANY.

MUSTACHE-GUARD.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,140, dated February25, 1896.

Application iiled June 19, 1395. Serial No. 553,365. (No model.)Patented in Germany July 24, 1894, No. 82,174.

T0 @ZZ whom, t 71u63/ concern:

Be it known that we, PAUL BERNHARD WERTIANN and JOHANN HEINRICHCHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH WEBER, subjects of the Emperor of Germany, andresidents of Hamburg, iu the German Empire, have invented certain newand useful improvements in Mustaehe- Guards, (for which we have obtaineda patent in Germany, No. 82,17%, dated July 24., 1394,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to mustacheguards, and more particularly tothat class of guards in which two connected comb-plates are provided, towhich the mustache is clamped by means of suitable appliances.

rl`he object of our invention is to improve the construction of thisclass of guards in combining therewith means whereby the longer hairs atthe ends of the mustache are supported and held away from the faceapproximately at a right angle thereto, with a view, in shaving, toprevent such parts of the Inustaehe being' lathered and shaved oliaccidentally, and also in combining with said comb-plates means foreffectually locking the clamping-bars thereto, as will now be fullydescribed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view, of one form of amustache-guard embodying our invention. Fig. 3 is a crosssection on lineI 1 of Fig. l, the clamping-bar being swung out into its open position;and Figs. e and are afrout and plan view, respectively, of another formof guard.

Our improved mustache-guard consists of two members of like constructionarticulated together by means of links e, Figs. l and 2, or e', Figs. .land 5, so that a description of one of said members will suice for aclear understanding of the invention. These members consist of acomb-plate c, having its teeth l) at right angles thereto along one ofits longer et ges, and having at its outer end a curved branch orshoulder c. This inwardly-curved branch or shoulder c is in fact astandard that forms an end guard between which and the bent end d' ofthe clamping-bar d? the longer hairs at the end of the mustache are heldaway from the face at or substantially at a right angle thereto.

-leave a space between the said short leg d of the clamping-bar and thevert-ical member of the standard c for the reception of the longer hairat the end of the mustache. (See Fig.

The horizontal member of the clamping-bar d2 is substantially parallelwith the comb-plate a and lies a short distance above the same in frontof its teeth b to form a space between the two for the hair of themustache, said clamping-bar swinging from and toward the comb-teeth onits pivot d4, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in full lines inFig. 3, showing one of the clamping-bars swung out. The comb-plate a hasat its inner end a projection a that serves to lock the clamping-bar d2into its operative or closed position, Figs. l and 2.

In i and 5 we have shown another form of mustache-guard in which thelong leg d2 of the clamp-baris pivoted at d5 to the inner end of theplate a, so that the clampbar may be swung out in the reverse manner, asshown above. In order to secure the clamp-bar in its closed position theshort leg d has a pin d"i screw-threaded at its outer end and adapted toengage a slot c of the branch or standard c, to which it can be lockedby means of a nutf screwed on said pin o.

In using the improved mustache-guard the clamp-bars d d2 should iirst beopened or swung out, as indicated by Figs. 3 and 5. The two combs l) arethen inserted into the mustache from beneath and the longer hairs at theends ot' the mustache placed between the standards c and the short legsd' of the clainpingbars. The clamping-bars d2 may now be closed byswinging them back over the comb-plates a and over the hairs on saidplates and locking them into their closed position. The hairs will thusbe clamped in the mustache-holder and the latter attached to themustache in such manner that the hairs, and especially the ends of themustache, are supported and held away from the cheeks, as shown by Fig.5, this being effected by the end guards c, between which and the short`leg d' of the clamping-bars the longer hairs at the ends of themustache are held. The

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mustache is thereby prevented from being lathered or out off by therazor in shaving.

Having thus described our invention, what We claiin as new therein7 anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a mustache-guard, the combination with two comb-plates articulatedtogether and having their teeth at right angles to their bases, and aguard-ar1n o at the outer end of said bases; of clamping-rods adapted tosuing to and from the teeth of the Comb-plates above the bases thereofand provided at their outer end with a guard-arm7 said rods and theirguard-arms co-operating with the teeth of the comb-plates and theguardearins c thereof to clamp the mustache to said teeth and hold thelonger hairs at the end of the mustache away from the face, for the purpose set forth.

2. A mustache-guard coinprisin g two colnbplates articulated togetherand provided at their outer end with an arin c and clampingrods CZ2 forclamping the mustache to the comb-plates7 said rods provided at theirouter end with an arni CZ forming with the aforesaid arins c a guardadapted to hold the longer hairs at the mustache ends away from theface, substantially as set forth.

3. In a mustache-guard, the combination With a comb-plate a. Z),provided at its outer end With the inWardly-curved guard c havingforined therein a recess 0'; of the clampingrod (Z2 pivoted to the basece of said combplate at its inner end, said rod provided at its outerend with a guard-arn1 CZ (Z3 adapted I to be locked in the aforesaidrecess c of the guard c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our invention We have signedour names, in presence of two \vitnesses,this 7th day of June, 1895.

RAUL BERNHARD WERMANN. JOHANN HEINRICH CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH WEBER.IYitnesses:

DIEDRICH PETERSEN, HEINRICH BETHGE.

